Hitchin Town look to Top Field supporters for inspiration before St Ives Town match

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Mon 26.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Top Field (4000 seats)

St Ives Town visit Hitchin Town and Top Field full of confidence, but the home team is not easy meat. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives Town have scored more than double the goals of Hitchin Town.

It's no vacation for neither Hitchin Town nor St Ives Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Hitchin Town form and stats

Hitchin Town have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Wilkinson was the last player to score a league goal for Hitchin and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Hitchin Town haven't scored in 263 minutes.

Hitchin Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stourbridge (0-3).

Heartbreak before that as Hitchin Town lost 0-3 at Bedford Town's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hitchin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Hitchin Town have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic.

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St Ives Town form and stats

Things could have gone better for St Ives Town in their Non League Premier: Southern Central away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Home advantage was not enough for Ives in their previous game as they lost hosting Redditch United, 1-2.

Ahead of that, the FA Cup victory away at Canvey Island. St Ives Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

The opposition has been scoring high and low on Ives's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former nine meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Hitchin Town, one draw and two wins for St Ives Town. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Hitchin Town missing players

St Ives Town missing players

Hitchin Town St Ives Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 3 8
3 1 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
6 1 1 Scored S 2 6 18
10 0 0 Conceded C 3 8 13
75% 33% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 67% 38%
38% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
38% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7 7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10 10
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.5
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 57% 57%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9 9
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.5 2.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of St Ives Town's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Hitchin Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • St Ives Town have created more than twice as many corners as Hitchin Town.
  • St Ives Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • St Ives Town have scored more than double the goals of Hitchin Town.
  • St Ives Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • St Ives Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tamworth 8 5 2 1 22 10 5 3 1 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 12 3 12 17
2 Nuneaton Town 8 5 2 1 17 8 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 2 2 1 9 5 9 17
3 Coalville Town 8 5 1 2 21 13 5 2 1 2 10 10 3 3 0 0 11 3 8 16
4 Redditch United 8 4 2 2 13 9 3 0 1 2 5 7 5 4 1 0 8 2 4 14
5 Needham Market 8 4 1 3 14 7 6 4 0 2 14 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 13
6 Stratford Town 8 3 4 1 12 12 5 3 2 0 9 4 3 0 2 1 3 8 0 13
7 St Ives Town 8 4 0 4 18 13 5 3 0 2 12 5 3 1 0 2 6 8 5 12
8 Leiston 8 3 3 2 15 14 3 2 0 1 7 5 5 1 3 1 8 9 1 12
9 Kings Langley 8 3 3 2 11 12 3 1 2 0 6 4 5 2 1 2 5 8 -1 12
10 Royston Town 8 3 3 2 15 17 3 1 2 0 7 5 5 2 1 2 8 12 -2 12
11 Alvechurch 8 3 2 3 13 14 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 0 1 2 3 8 -1 11
12 Mickleover Sports 8 3 2 3 15 17 3 1 1 1 6 7 5 2 1 2 9 10 -2 11
13 Basford United 8 3 2 3 8 11 3 2 0 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 -3 11
14 Hitchin Town 8 3 2 3 6 10 3 1 2 0 1 0 5 2 0 3 5 10 -4 11
15 Bedford Town 8 3 2 3 13 19 5 2 1 2 9 14 3 1 1 1 4 5 -6 11
16 Bromsgrove Sporting 8 3 1 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -2 10
17 Ilkeston Town 8 1 5 2 14 13 3 0 2 1 5 6 5 1 3 1 9 7 1 8
18 Rushall Olympic 8 2 2 4 10 14 5 1 1 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 -4 8
19 Stourbridge 8 1 4 3 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 4 9 -5 7
20 Barwell 8 1 3 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 4 7 -4 6
21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 8 1 2 5 6 13 3 0 2 1 2 3 5 1 0 4 4 10 -7 5
22 Hednesford Town 8 0 2 6 5 11 3 0 1 2 1 3 5 0 1 4 4 8 -6 2

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern Central

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.